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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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(Excluding Military).
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total cases notified in each Ward or Institution. | Total Cases Removed to Hospitals. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | At Ages—Years. | Bury Street Ward. | Church Street Ward. | Fore Street Ward. | Residents Edmonton Infirmary. | Total Residents. | Others in Edmonton Infirmary. | Epileptic Colony. | ||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 37 | .. | 14 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | 22 | .. | 37 | .. | .. | 32 | ||
| Erysipelas | 34 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 5 | .. | 34 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 87 | .. | 19 | 60 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 15 | 32 | 38 | 1 | 86 | 1 | .. | 78 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | *1 | .. | .. | ||
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Poliomyelitis | None | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis Other forms of „ | See Woman Inspector's Report. | |||||||||||||||||
| Measles | F | 448 | 29 | 224 | 181 | 11 | 3 | .. | .. | 108 | 229 | 111 | .. | 448 | .. | .. | .. | |
| G | 29 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 13 | 13 | .. | 28 | 1 | .. | .. | ||
| Chicken Pox(for 3 mths.) | 79 | 4 | 22 | 52 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 45 | 20 | 14 | .. | 79 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Totals | ||||||||||||||||||
*Treated in the Infirmary.†Also 75 cases notified by parents.
The figures take account of any corrections made as a result of error in notification, or revision of diagnosis as a result of the further
course of the disease.
Isolation Hospitals and Sanatoria, etc.:—
1. Enfield and Edmonton joint isolation hospital at World's End, Winchmore Hill, is in the urban district of Enfield.
2. Clare Hall small-pox hospital and sanatorium for consumptive persons. This is situate in the South Minims rural district of
Middlesex and belongs to the 18 Middlesex districts.
3. There is a building on Clavering's Farm, Edmonton, capable of taking 10 male and 6 female small-pox cases; is now attached
to No. 2.
Cases of infectious disease occurring amongst soldiers and sailors are NOT included in this table, but a separate Statement about these,
as far as known, is given in the foreword.